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Published: 2008-12-12 16:53:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 170; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 6
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Just had a go at reversing an old 28mm lens onto my 100mm macro lens-I believe that gives me 3.5XAnd I found this dead cricket in the box that I use to feed my tarantulas, thought i'd have a go.
Its nowhere near as good as I'd like but I have to use my phones light and crank the tripod up and down by hand while squinting into a dark viewfinder! But I'm glad I managed to focus on the eye!
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Was going to add -- Did you know that carbon dioxide (such as the little cartridges that used to be found in soda siphons) knocks out insects and leaves them unaffected afterwards ?
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Yea just like it does us. Another method is putting them in the fridge,makes em lethargic.
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You did really well to get it focussed on the eye
Did you
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Thanks Bob, and thanks for the fave!
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Thanks! Could do with a much better set up, maybe do some stacks but I just dont have the money for that kind of rig.
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Welcome!! 
I'll try use a reverse 50mm on front of my 70mm macro lens!
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That would give you just over lifesize(1.4X)
I dont know if youve done reversing before but you need to keep the 70mm lens wide open and stop down the 50, otherwise you might get vignetting(cutting in at the corners)
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Hummm!
I never do this before! You use an connector to put the two lenses?
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Yes you know the filter thread on the front of the lens? You get an adaptor with the same screw on both sides so you can attach a short focal length lens backwards onto the lens thats on the camera. You get it? Say you have a 100mm lens on your camera. You attach a 50mm lens in reverse onto it and that gives you 2x lifesize since 100 / 50 = 2
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I'll search, because my 70mm is 62mm and the 50mm is 52mm. Maybe I must made with two UV filters
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Try a site called [link]
I think i got the link right if not just google srb film
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Thank you for the information!!
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You're welcome! The site worked then?
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No! but I find with google
[link]
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Oh well I'm glad I could help. Have you tried holding the 50mm onto the 70mm to make sure there's no vignetting?
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humm, not yet!
I'll try tomorrow!
Thank you!
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Youre welcome. Keep me posted how it goes!
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TARANTULAS!!!! 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
>>>>5!!!! >>runs to antarctica!!!>>>>>>>
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lol. I know a kid has ocer 100!
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Yea and he's only 10 years old!
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Thats probably all the older he will get with 100 tarantulas in thehouse..hehe my heart would stop! hahahah
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But you see it just shows how easy they are to keep. Most of the time they do nothing,even if you get one out. Unless its an African species then you have to watch out!
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Figures ours would have no manners lol
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American tarantulas..you said you have to watch out for them.. I said it figures ours would have no manners! lol
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No no,not american. Read it again
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Lol. I see you're as good with geography as me
Yea the old world species(african.Indian etc) tend to be aggressive. Same with scorpions. The american ones tend to be pussy cats by comparison.
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Good to hear.. since I'm closer to those than the African ones
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Yea you get ones like Aphonapelma and Brachypelma,good starter species. The only trouble is a lot are wild caught which is endangering them as well as bringing pests home with em
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I think I'll pass.. I'm not a big fan of big hairy spiders lol
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Well one of my Tarantulas is a dwarf species. He's fully grown yet is smaller than a House Spider!
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